District Music Test Flashcards
About how many different covers of “Big Yellow Taxi” have been recorded?
575
Who composed Ame no ki (Rain Tree)
Toru Takemitsu
Which instrument plays a cadenza before the entrance of the first theme in “On the Trail”?
violin
The singer of “Despite Repeated Warnings” was a member of what iconic band?
The Beatles
The A section in What a Wonderful World cadences on which scale degree, creating a lack of resolution?
mediant
Which BEST describes the text setting technique used on the world “time” in Idioteque.
melismatic
Sumer is icumen in is MOST strongly associated with which musical era?
Medieval (c. 1250)
Which English poet partially inspired Hermit Thrush at Morn?
John Clare
The cellos play grace notes in Global Warming, suggesting what style of folk music?
Irish
The excerpt included in the USAD Music Resource Guide from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 comes from which movement?
“Thunderstorm”
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) was made under which record label?
Motown
Around which year did the equal temperament tuning system become dominant?
1750
How many movements does Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony have?
5
Musical representations of tempests can be found as early as which era?
Baroque
What is the term for the fifth scale degree in a diatonic scale?
dominant
Who composed Le quatuor pour la fin du temps (“Quartet for the End of Time”)?
Olivier Messiaen
Which is the term that designates a slowing of tempo?
ritardando
Which friend of Toru Takemitsu’s was a source of inspiration, especially because of their visit to Hawai’i?
Kenzaburo Oe
For which instrument did Michael Daugherty compose his concerto Reflections on the Mississippi?
tuba
How did the Cleveland Plain Dealer describe Abels’s Global Warming?
“an irresistible display of orchestral color”
Toru Takemitsu is from which country?
Japan
For which album did Joni Mitchell win her first Grammay Award for “Best Folk Performance”?
Clouds
Who was Michael Abels’s c-author for the opera Omar?
Rhiannon Giddens
Stringed instruments are associated with which Sachs/Hornbostel classification?
chordophones
In 1968, which song became the biggest hit that Motown Records had ever experienced?
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Which composer surveyed much of the United States in the work American Scene?
William Grant Still
What was the band Radiohead initially called?
“On a Friday”
What is another name for the bass clef in Western music notation?
F-clef
What was Joni Mitchell’s christened name?
Roberta Joan Anderson
Who gave Paul McCartney valuable listening skills from an early age, encouraging him to hear and sing harmony?
his father
How many total songs did the album What’s Going On contain?
9
What is the lowest male voice?
bass
Where did Michael Abels attend college?
University of Southern California
Who was Louis Armstrong’s mentor in Chicago?
Joe “King” Oliver
Which instrument provide an excellent visual aid for understanding pitch and harmony?
piano
What era saw the earliest forms of musical notation?
Medieval
The earliest Catholic chants had what kind of texture?
monophonic
What was the name of Joni Mitchell’s publishing company?
Siquomb Publishing
Who founded Motown Records?
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Which song did Paul McCartney write to express his gratitude to his wife Linda?
“Maybe I’m Amazed”
Which of the following BEST explains how Takemitsu’s “Ame no ki (Rain Tree)” employs visual elements in the performance?
by employing spotlights to highlight the performers
What role did Rimsky-Korsakov take on in the Russian navy that helped him with his music?
Inspector of Naval Bands
Which of the following statements BEST explain why the song “What a Wonderful World” was written specifically for Louis Armstrong?
He was seen as a musician who could bring people together during national traumas.
According to theorist Brad Osborn, what does the syllable “-teque” in the title “Idioteque” refer to?
discoteque, indicating a dance pice
Which polyrhythmic effect is used in Beethoven’s “Thunderstorm” to evoke thunder?
a four-note ostinato in the string basses and a five-note ostinato in the cellos
In the video of “Feels Like Summer,” Beyonce’s “R.I.P. Fredo Santana” shirt is significant because it primarily
honors a late rapper who collaborated with Gambino
In “On the Trail,” which musical technique is used by the violinist to simulate the bray of a burro?
fermata
In Toru Takemitsu’s “Waterscape” series, what notes comprise the “S-E-A” motif?
E-flat - E - A
